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Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
Vision of the Eighth and the Ninth (7)
"Child, I say nothing about this. It is right before god for us to be silent about what is hidden."
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (42)
My son, do not dare to say a word about this One, and do not confine the God of all to mental images. For he who condemns may not be condemned by the...
Gospel of Thomas
Sayings (62)
Jesus said, "It is to those mysteries that I tell My mysteries. Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing."
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XII (7)
Keep silent, my son, lest they slay thee."
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CLXI (7)
Let no one outside know it, it is a mystery which is not known to the common people. Do not reveal it to any one, may he be thy father or thy son,...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CXXXIII (16)
The Osiris N hath not told what he hath seen; he hath not repeated what he hath heard in the house of the god who hideth his face
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter I: Preface. the Author's Object. the Utility of Written Compositions. (19)
And if one say that it is written, "There is nothing secret which shall not be revealed, nor hidden which shall not be disclosed," let him also hear f...
The Masnavi
The Prince and the Handmaid (51-60)
I said, "'Tis best to veil the secrets of 'The Friend.' That is better than that the secrets of 'The Friend' Should be noised abroad in the talk of...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter I:(8)
And as to this Decad of the Sephiroth, restrain thy lips from comment, and thy mind from thought of them, and if thy heart fail thee return to thy pla...
Book of Enoch
Chapter LX (10)
And he said to me: 'Thou son of man, herein thou dost seek to know what is hidden.'
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (366)
It is better for you to be silent about the word of God, than to speak recklessly.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (352/353)
It is not a small danger for us to speak the truth about God; do not say anything about God before you have learned from God.
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 23: Of the highly precious Testaments of Christ, viz. Baptism and his last Supper, which he held in the Evening of Maundy- Thursday with his Disciples; which he left us for his Last [Will,] as a Farewell for a Remembrance. The most noble Gate of Christianity. (35)
I must speak, for I see it; do what thou wilt, this is the Truth; thou earnest a new-washed Soul from the Baptism, but thou art a filthy Swine, even i...
Corpus Hermeticum
13. The Secret Sermon on the Mountain (8)
Thus shall the mercy that flows on us from God not cease. Henceforth rejoice, O son, for by the Powers of God thou art being purified for the articula...
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XXVIII. His Mother and Brethren Would Speak with Jesus—from Ship Talks to Hearers on the Shore: Three Parables on Seeds, One on the Candle (35)
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
The Masnavi
The Elephant in a Dark Room (32-41)
Keep silence, that you may hear Him speaking Keep silence, that you may hear from that Sun Keep silence, that the Spirit may speak to you; Give up...
Corpus Hermeticum
13. The Secret Sermon on the Mountain (22)
Hermes: Happy am I, my son, that though hast brought the good fruits forth of Truth, products that cannot die. And now that thou hast learnt this...
The Masnavi
Bayazid and his impious sayings when beside himself (61-69)
Close then your lips, though eloquence be possible. Keep silence; God knows the right way! The Prophet said, "O ye who regard only the outside, Many...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (29)
Concerning the number (10) of the spheres of existence (Sephiroth) out of Nothing, seal up your lips and guard your heart as you consider them, and if...
Allogenes the Stranger
The Powers of the Luminaries: C. Positive Theology (8)
And do not seek anything more, but go. We do not know whether the Unknowable One has angels or gods, or whether the One who is at rest contains anythi...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 34: That God giveth this grace freely without any means, and that it may not be come to with means (4)
Let it be the worker, and you but the sufferer: do but look upon it, and let it alone. Meddle thee not therewith as thou wouldest help it, for dread l...
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